Proposal: Num instance for tuples

[Andreas Abel]

-1 for the same reason, there is no canonical interpretation of 1 as a 
tuple (could be (1,1), (0,1), (1,0) or s.th. else, no obvious choice...)

On 18.10.2012 12:25, Simon Hengel wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:58:17AM +0200, Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>>
>> One piece of utility code that I find myself writing over and over
>> again is the pointwise Num instance for tuples, i.e.
>>
>>      instance (Num a, Num b) => Num (a,b) where
>>          fromInteger x = (fromInteger x, fromInteger x)
>>          (a,b) + (a',b') = (a + a', b + b')
>>          (a,b) - (a',b') = (a - a', b - b')
>>          (a,b) * (a',b') = (a * a', b * b')
>>          negate (a,b) = (negate a, negate b)
>>          abs (a,b) = (abs a, abs b)
>>          signum (a,b) = (signum a, signum b)
>>
>> I therefore propose that this instance be added to the base library.
>> If we do that, the equivalent instances for (,,) (,,,) etc. should
>> perhaps also be added, as well as instances for other numeric
>> classes such as Fractional and Floating.
>
> While I see *some* value in being able to perform addition, etc. on
> tuples, I still think that e.g. something like
>
>      fst (2 :: Point)
>
> can easily lead to code obfuscation.
>
> For that reason, -1.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
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